Author: Kevin Prchal
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Quentin, Here Are 4 Reasons You Should Watch ‘Toy Story 4’
I hear you: Toy Story 3 is a masterpiece and could have very easily ended the Disney/Pixar franchise on a high note. But here’s why Toy Story 4 is still worth your time.
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How to Enjoy ‘The Polar Express’
Yes, the uncanny valley is nightmare fuel. No, we didn’t know Hanks overload was possible. But there’s so much to recommend about Robert Zemeckis’ half classic, half bewildering holiday film.
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Movies that would be stone-cold holiday classics if you set them during Christmastime
With just a few holly jolly adjustments, these movies would be automatic additions to my holiday watchlist every December.
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Review: ‘Marty Supreme’ hits like a bolt of lightning
In Josh Safdie’s invigorating and powerful solo directorial debut, Timothée Chalamet plays a table tennis player who—much like Chalamet—is in pursuit of greatness.
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Review: ‘Train Dreams’ turns a lifetime of moments into a dreamlike tapestry
As a collection of images, Clint Bentley’s adaptation of the beloved Denis Johnson novella is a sight to behold—but that takes it only so far.
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Review: ‘Superman’ is a well-cast blockbuster lost in its own self-importance
Overwritten and under-executed, James Gunn’s Superman is yet another entangled, CGI superhero slop fest disguised as something meaningful.
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Review: I’m still laughing about ‘Friendship’
Unhinged and relentless in all the best ways, Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship is the buddy comedy I never knew I needed.
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Review: Watching ‘Sorry, Baby’ is like making a new friend
Eva Victor’s directorial debut is not only one of the year’s best, but one that promises a singular new voice in American cinema for years to come.
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‘La La Land’ Live: 5 Takeaways
‘La La Land’ is one of my all-time favorite movies, so being able to see La La Land Live in Chicago with the film’s composer Justin Hurwitz conducting was a thing to behold. Here’s what I loved about this very, very exciting experience.
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Buzz’s Stuff in ‘Home Alone’, Ranked
An ode to the impressively chaotic bedroom collection of Kevin McCallister’s oafish older brother.
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Review: ‘Nightbitch’
Slowly and steadily as Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch went on, I realized this film is not about parenthood—it’s about motherhood.
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‘Children of Men’ Is A Miracle
Considering the state of the world, Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian masterpiece Children of Men remains uniquely and painfully resonant.
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Review: ‘The Art of Joy’
Actor-director Valeria Golino’s The Art of Joy is utterly consuming because it fashions a world you’ve never quite seen and never want to leave.
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Review: ‘Color Book’
In David Fortune’s Color Book, grief takes center stage as a devoted father named Lucky who, after the passing of his wife, raises his son Mason who has Down Syndrome.
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Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’
Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut is a disjointed and atonal assortment of several movies within itself I’d like to see.
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5 Deeply Relatable Quotes from Vada in ‘My Girl’
Amidst its summery atmosphere and the cavity-sweet story, Howard Zieff’s My Girl has wisdom that’ll make you say, “Girl, same.”
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‘Birdman’ Live at Ravinia: 5 Takeaways
What we loved about Ravinia Festival’s 10th anniversary screening of ‘Birdman’, which included a live performance by the film’s solo drum composer Antonio Sánchez.
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The Miracle of Robin Williams
He had a gift unlike anything the world had seen. And in reflecting on his death 10 years later, I realized how that gift changed, guided, and affirmed me—and his young co-stars—in more ways than one.